Ethnoarchaeology in Action (Cambridge World Archaeology)
Cambridge University Press, 7/26/2001
EAN 9780521667791, ISBN10: 0521667798
Paperback, 508 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 2.9 cm
Language: English
Ethnoarchaeology first developed as the study of ethnographic material culture from archaeological perspectives. Over the past half century it has expanded its scope, especially to cultural and social anthropology. Both authors are leading practitioners, and their theoretical perspective embraces both the processualism of the New Archaeology and the post-processualism of the 1980s and 90s. A case-study approach enables a balanced global geographic and topical coverage, including consideration of materials in French and German. Three introductory chapters discuss the subject and its history, survey the theory, and discuss field methods and ethics. Ten topical chapters consider formation processes, subsistence, the study of artefacts and style, settlement systems, site structure and architecture, specialist craft production, trade and exchange, and mortuary practices and ideology. Ethnoarchaeology in Action concludes with ethnoarchaeology's contributions actual and potential, and with a look at its place within anthropology. It is generously illustrated, including many photographs of leading ethnoarchaeologists in action.
List of figures and credits
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Ethnoarchaeology
its nature, origins, and history
2. Theorizing ethnoarchaeology and analogy
3. Fieldwork and ethics
4. Human residues
entering the archaeological context
5. Fauna and subsistence
6. Studying artifacts
functions, operating sequences, taxonomy
7. Style and the marking of boundaries
contrasting regional studies
8. Settlement
systems and patterns
9. Site structures and activities
10. Architecture
11. Specialist craft production and apprenticeship
12. Trade and exchange
13. Mortuary practices, status, ideology, and systems of thought
14. Conclusions
ethnoarchaeology in context
Bibliography
Index.